SMU
Atlantic Coast
2024-25 - 2025-26 - 2026-27
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Predictive Rating +14.3 #29
Expected Predictive Rating +15.0 #32
Pace 71.7 #101
Improvement +1.2 #123

Overall 1st FGA Second Chance TOs Free
throws		 Shot Selection
Offense #17 A+ B+ B- C+ D
Defense #62 B- B B B B+

Offense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 38% #191 1.33 #25 +2.9 #90
2 Pt. Jumpers 27% #60 0.95 #17 +5.1 #12
Three Pointers 35% #307 1.19 #14 +0.0 #180
1st FG Attempt 1.18 #19 +7.9 #19
Freethrows 17.8 #179 77% #31 13.8 #122
Second Chance 37.4% #26 1.06 #160 0.40 #48
Turnovers 15.0% #84
Total Offense +9.9 #17

Defense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 31% #336 1.14 #157 +4.6 #43
2 Pt. Jumpers 24% #76 0.70 #92 -0.6 #229
Three Pointers 45% #74 0.97 #122 -1.0 #226
1st FG Attempt 0.96 #85 +2.9 #86
Freethrows 15.4 #64 71% #105 10.9 #64
Second Chance 29.6% #134 0.94 #52 0.28 #83
Turnovers 18.6% #66
Total Defense +4.5 #62

Miscellaneous
Offense Defense
Shot Type Mix Effect -1.7% #293 -1.9% #44
Shot Type Accuracy Effect 17.5% #4 -3.8% #108
Possession Length 15.5 #34 18.6 #338
Fast Break Points Per Possession 0.23 #46 0.13 #46
Improvement +1.8 #91 -0.6 #223

See methodology page for descriptions of rating types.
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 3.1% 3.4% 0.5%
Top 6 Seed 20.5% 21.7% 8.9%
NCAA Tourney Bid 89.1% 90.0% 80.4%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 88.5% 89.5% 79.8%
Average Seed 7.8 7.7 8.4
.500 or above 100.0% 100.0% 99.9%
.500 or above in Conference 91.9% 93.6% 76.3%
Conference Champion 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
First Four4.7% 4.5% 7.1%
First Round86.9% 87.9% 77.4%
Second Round49.9% 51.1% 39.1%
Sweet Sixteen14.5% 15.0% 9.3%
Elite Eight5.0% 5.2% 3.6%
Final Four1.6% 1.7% 1.0%
Championship Game0.5% 0.6% 0.2%
National Champion0.1% 0.1% 0.0%

Next Game: Florida St. (Home) - 90.1% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 8 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a1 - 51 - 5
Quad 1b4 - 35 - 8
Quad 27 - 212 - 10
Quad 35 - 017 - 10
Quad 46 - 023 - 10


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Avg Lead Record Total Rating Offense Defense
Overall Conf Total First
FGA		 2nd Chance TOs Total First
FGA		 2nd Chance TOs
 Mon, Nov 3 189 Tarleton St. W 96 - 76 95% +7  1 - 0 +15 +17 A F A+ -3 A A A-
 Thu, Nov 6 186 TX A&M Corpus Christi W 69 - 58 95% +2  2 - 0 +6 -1 F F A+ +8 A A+ C-
 Tue, Nov 11 97 Murray St. W 102 - 91 87% +9  3 - 0 +13 +13 B+ B+ B+ -1 C D+ A-
 Sat, Nov 15 59 Butler W 87 - 85 77% -0  4 - 0 +9 +11 A+ B F -3 F A+ A+
 Tue, Nov 18 334 Arkansas Pine Bluff W 106 - 60 99% +25  5 - 0 +32 +12 A+ F C +14 A- A+ B+
 Fri, Nov 21 145 Arkansas St. W 100 - 69 93% +15  6 - 0 +29 +13 A+ F A+ +12 A- F A+
 Mon, Nov 24 253 Radford W 89 - 72 97% +11  7 - 0 +9 +1 D A- F +6 A+ D+ D-
 Fri, Nov 28 76 @Mississippi St. W 87 - 81 OT 64% -1  8 - 0 +17 +9 C+ A+ C +7 A+ A+ F
 Wed, Dec 3 21 @Vanderbilt L 69 - 88 29% -9  8 - 1 +1 +6 C- A+ C -6 D A F
 Sun, Dec 7 34 Texas A&M W 93 - 80 OT 52% +5  9 - 1 +27 +10 D+ A+ A+ +14 A+ A+ A+
 Sat, Dec 13 43 LSU L 77 - 89 59% -7  9 - 2 -0 +16 A+ A- C -17 F F A
 Sun, Dec 21 236 Central Arkansas W 99 - 82 97% +11  10 - 2 +10 +22 A+ A+ C+ -13 F F A+
 Sun, Dec 28 229 Cal St. Fullerton W 110 - 63 96% +25  11 - 2 +40 +26 A+ A A+ +10 A+ C A+
 Sat, Jan 3 31 North Carolina W 97 - 83 62% +5  12 - 2 1 - 0 +25 +29 A+ C A+ -3 F A+ C+
 Wed, Jan 7 32 @Clemson L 70 - 74 39% -7  12 - 3 1 - 1 +13 +12 C- A+ D +0 A- C C-
 Sat, Jan 10 3 @Duke L 75 - 82 15% -4  12 - 4 1 - 2 +18 +15 A+ B+ F +3 C A+ B+
 Wed, Jan 14 58 Virginia Tech W 77 - 76 76% -0  13 - 4 2 - 2 +8 +8 B C- A- -0 C+ B+ C
 Sat, Jan 17 16 Virginia L 68 - 72 48% +1  13 - 5 2 - 3 +11 +11 A A+ B -0 A F A
 Tue, Jan 20 63 @Wake Forest W 91 - 79 60% +8  14 - 5 3 - 3 +24 +18 A+ A- B+ +5 C+ A+ C
 Sat, Jan 24 111 Florida St. W 91 - 77 90%
 Sat, Jan 31 13 @Louisville L 80 - 87 26%
 Tue, Feb 3 26 North Carolina St. W 82 - 80 58%
 Sat, Feb 7 91 @Pittsburgh W 79 - 74 70%
 Tue, Feb 10 84 Notre Dame W 80 - 70 83%
 Sat, Feb 14 67 @Syracuse W 80 - 77 61%
 Tue, Feb 17 13 Louisville L 83 - 84 46%
 Sat, Feb 21 134 Boston College W 81 - 65 93%
 Wed, Feb 25 75 @California W 80 - 76 63%
 Sat, Feb 28 77 @Stanford W 80 - 76 64%
 Wed, Mar 4 40 Miami (FL) W 82 - 77 68%
 Sat, Mar 7 111 @Florida St. W 88 - 80 76%
Totals 22 - 9 11 - 7 +14 +10 A+ B+ B- +4 B- B B




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Atlantic Coast Finish

0-18 1-17 2-16 3-15 4-14 5-13 6-12 7-11 8-10 9-9 10-8 11-7 12-6 13-5 14-4 15-3 16-2 17-1 18-0 Total
1st 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.5 1st
2nd 0.0 0.3 1.7 2.1 0.7 4.9 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.4 3.6 6.5 2.6 0.2 13.2 3rd
4th 0.1 3.3 9.1 4.4 0.4 0.0 17.4 4th
5th 0.0 1.6 9.3 6.0 0.4 17.2 5th
6th 0.4 6.2 7.6 0.9 0.0 15.1 6th
7th 0.1 2.5 7.6 1.9 0.1 12.1 7th
8th 0.0 0.5 4.5 2.6 0.1 0.0 7.6 8th
9th 0.1 1.5 2.9 0.4 4.9 9th
10th 0.3 2.1 0.8 0.0 3.2 10th
11th 0.0 0.6 1.1 0.1 1.8 11th
12th 0.1 0.6 0.3 1.0 12th
13th 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.5 13th
14th 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 14th
15th 0.0 0.1 0.1 15th
16th 0.0 0.0 0.0 16th
17th 0.0 0.0 0.0 17th
18th 18th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.5 2.0 5.5 11.2 18.5 22.6 20.0 13.1 5.4 1.1 Total



Atlantic Coast Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3 13.6% 0.1    0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
14-4 5.5% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
13-5 0.5% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-6 0.0%
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 0.5% 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0



NCAA Tournament Selection

Conf RecordRecord ChanceTourney
Bid		AutoAt-LargeAvg
Seed		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No Bid At-Large if not Auto
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3 1.1% 100.0% 14.0% 86.0% 4.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 100.0%
14-4 5.4% 100.0% 12.0% 88.0% 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 1.8 1.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 100.0%
13-5 13.1% 99.7% 9.6% 90.1% 6.2 0.1 0.8 2.4 4.2 3.8 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 99.7%
12-6 20.0% 98.7% 6.2% 92.4% 7.2 0.0 0.1 1.1 3.7 6.8 5.4 2.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 98.6%
11-7 22.6% 95.3% 4.2% 91.1% 8.1 0.0 0.3 1.6 4.6 7.1 5.5 2.2 0.3 1.1 95.1%
10-8 18.5% 89.0% 2.1% 86.9% 8.9 0.0 0.2 1.3 4.2 5.7 4.1 1.0 0.0 2.0 88.8%
9-9 11.2% 76.0% 1.4% 74.6% 9.6 0.0 0.2 0.9 2.4 3.4 1.5 2.7 75.6%
8-10 5.5% 50.8% 0.6% 50.1% 10.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.2 0.0 2.7 50.5%
7-11 2.0% 24.2% 0.5% 23.7% 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.5 23.9%
6-12 0.5% 5.7% 1.9% 3.8% 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 3.8%
5-13 0.1% 0.1
4-14 0.0% 0.0
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 89.1% 4.9% 84.2% 7.8 10.9 88.5%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid		Avg
Seed		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Win Out 0.2% 100.0% 2.5 16.7 33.3 36.7 13.3
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.2% 100.0% 3.6 2.3 11.4 31.8 31.8 22.7
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.3% 100.0% 4.4 1.5 13.8 33.8 41.5 9.2